fur traders
Wilderness commerce pioneers
Fur traders are people who buy and sell animal pelts, historically forming the backbone of colonial commerce in North America.
European fur traders exchanged goods with Indigenous peoples for beaver, fox, and other skins destined for European markets.
The term evokes a specific era: The fur traders established posts along the river.
Today it applies to anyone in the fur business.
- peltsFurred animal skins
- animal skinsOuter coverings from beasts
- voyageursHistoric fur-trade boatmen
- trading postsFrontier merchandise exchange stations
- coureurs des boisIndependent colonial fur traders
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- fur tradebeaver pelts, pelts, furs, mink, sable
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